I studied Painting at the Royal College of Art and spent the last ten years or so making large oil paintings. Looking back on them now it’s easy to see where the illustration stems from as they were all quite driven by stories and narratives. When my son was born in 2010, my work naturally shifted away from the studio to something more domestic. It sounds obvious, but it was something of a eureka moment when I realised I didn’t have to make large scale work anymore and I could just make work that I enjoyed and made me happy.

How long have you been using twitter?

I’m a relative newbie really. I joined last year and started using it in earnest around August. I was encouraged by fellow RCA…